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How the dominant paradigm is being subverted, and how you can participate
I read this article, The New Humanism, in today’s New York Times. It’s an op-ed piece by columnist David Brooks about how our culture’s predominant way of thinking and viewing the world, through the...
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Ecstatic shaking dance
On Sunday morning, I was driving to Castle Hill and dancing in my car as I drove. On the way, I realized I didn’t want to do yoga — I wanted to dance. So I drove to the Austin Yoga School and danced...
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Being blessed
I feel a little guilty for not posting much recently. All is well! I am loving my life in so many ways, let me begin to count them. I love being a massage therapy student, learning, practicing,...
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Recovering from a pulled muscle, I apply my massage skills and heal. Voila!
A couple of weeks ago, I started self-training in running, and I was walking/running on the trail, building up endurance while avoiding fatigue and injury (so I intended). I’d done the warmups...
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The dancing genes, sociability, transcendence, and genetic flexibility
A recent article published online says that dancers are genetically different. Some Israeli researchers found that dancers show consistent differences from the general population in two genes. The...
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Sunday morning: a little trauma release, a fine buzz, then some yoga jazz,...
Long-time readers know I spent some time and energy on learning the trauma releasing exercises of David Berceli and practicing them. (If you’re a new reader, go to the tag cloud in the right panel and...
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In remembrance of Gabrielle Roth: freedom is our holy work
One of the significant teachers in my life died yesterday, and I’ve struggled with writing about it. I find myself getting too heady, and yet this loss is actually so profound that when I took a nap...
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Repost: Gabrielle Roth: The Most Badass Teacher of Our Time
Gabrielle Roth: The Most Badass Teacher of Our Time. | elephant journal. Here’s another tribute to Gabrielle Roth that I couldn’t resist sharing for its first sentence: Gabrielle Roth was the most...
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“The 5 rhythms are a contemporary shamanic Zen practice” ~ Gabrielle Roth
Okay, so science has recently showed us that dancers have genes for transcendence and social connection. (And if you don’t dance, maybe you have these genes too and don’t know it yet. And consider...
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Election, holidays: with respect for grace and sanity
The election is over. This time it was different. I felt more detached, less prone to let others’ emotions affect me. I don’t own a TV. I do listen to public radio in my car sometimes, and I sometimes...
View ArticleHabit tracking simplified
I do much better when incorporating new behaviors into my life when I have a way to track them that’s visual and shows more than just a few days. I found an online PDF, Habit Tracker, that has space to...
View ArticleEcstatic dance in Austin, Texas
I’ve been doing ecstatic dance since 1995. It’s brought me many gifts: a community of friends, inspiration, playfulness, release, deeper embodiment, awareness of my body/others/the space, a place to...
View ArticleDancing in Santa Fe
I went to a 5 Rhythms movement lab in Santa Fe, where I am on vacation, the other night. Chloe Goodwin facilitated. The space was extraordinarily beautiful, the music inspiring, and I quickly saw a...
View ArticleBeing blessed
People are showing me their awesomeness all the time now. Continue reading →
View Article10 years after she died, a tribute to Gabrielle Roth
One of my practices is ecstatic dance. I discovered it in 1995 in Austin, and it became part of my life. Gabrielle was my primary teacher, through teachers she trained and also in person. Gabrielle...
View ArticleNew invention? Bounce-dancing on a rebounder in intervals!
Factor #1: My friend Katie and I had dinner at a Mediterranean buffet restaurant recently, and she suggested we walk right after eating, citing studies saying that walking for a few minutes immediately...
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